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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
WEIRD NEWS: CREATURES- The Chonecom Alien
Uploaded by TheChonecom on Oct 4, 2011
For a number of months I have been hearing strange sounds coming from the forest behind my home. I live six miles out of town on 12 acres. The woods go all the way into the mountains. In July I decided to investigate what I had found on my property and recorded this video.
TECH & SCIENCE: INTERNET NEWS- Public Intelligence"Online privacy and Big Brother"
Do You Like Online Privacy? You May Be a Terrorist
February 1, 2012 in Featured
A flyer designed by the FBI and the Department of Justice to promote suspicious activity reporting in internet cafes lists basic tools used for online privacy as potential signs of terrorist activity. The document, part of a program called “Communities Against Terrorism”, lists the use of “anonymizers, portals, or other means to shield IP address” as a sign that a person could be engaged in or supporting terrorist activity. The use of encryption is also listed as a suspicious activity along with steganography, the practice of using “software to hide encrypted data in digital photos” or other media. In fact, the flyer recommends that anyone “overly concerned about privacy” or attempting to “shield the screen from view of others” should be considered suspicious and potentially engaged in terrorist activities.
Logging into an account associated with a residential internet service provider (such as Comcast or AOL), an activity that could simply indicate that you are on a trip, is also considered a suspicious activity. Viewing any content related to “military tactics” including manuals or “revolutionary literature” is also considered a potential indicator of terrorist activity. This would mean that viewing a number of websites, including the one you are on right now, could be construed by a hapless employee as an highly suspicious activity potentially linking you to terrorism.
The “Potential Indicators of Terrorist Activities” contained in the flyer are not to be construed alone as a sign of terrorist activity and the document notes that “just because someone’s speech, actions, beliefs, appearance, or way of life is different; it does not mean that he or she is suspicious.” However, many of the activities described in the document are basic practices of any individual concerned with security or privacy online. The use of PGP, VPNs, Tor or any of the many other technologies for anonymity and privacy online are directly targeted by the flyer, which is distributed to businesses in an effort to promote the reporting of these activities.
MAIN ST. NEWS: POLITICS- Propublica "Eye on the Stimulus"
How Much Stimulus Funding is Going to Your County?
Once again, we’ve taken all the data used on the government’s stimulus Web site, Recovery.gov, spiffed it up and added thousands of other recovery spending records — the law doesn't require all recipients to report to Recovery.gov. The result: the most comprehensive publicly available analysis of stimulus spending that we know of. Type in your county or click on your state to find local projects, and check out how per capita spending compares with poverty, income and unemployment in your area.
You can also get the data files from us directly.
Check the chart below to compare unemployment and per capita spending among counties. Click on your county to find projects in your area. Data last updated on January 2011.
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| U.S. | Florida | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 307,006,550 | 18,537,969 |
| Total recovery funding | $429,936,120,742 | $19,795,900,572 |
| Funding per Capita | $1,400 | $1,068 |
Unemployment
11/2008
|
6.9
|
7.5
|
11/2009
|
+3.1
10.0
|
+3.9
11.4
|
11/2010
|
-0.2
9.8
|
+0.8
12.2
|
| Median Household Income | $50,007 | $46,602 |
| Poverty Rate | 13.3% | 12.6% |
Funding by Federal Agency and Department
| Education Department | $6,124,420,533 | |
| Health and Human Services, Department of | $4,483,222,681 | |
| Transportation Department | $1,842,704,636 | |
| Labor Department | $1,608,388,351 | |
| Agriculture Department | $1,594,346,181 | |
| Small Business Administration | $939,356,402 | |
| Energy Department | $935,420,226 | |
| Housing and Urban Development Department | $770,046,785 | |
| Justice Department | $265,482,893 | |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $252,271,782 | |
| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | $236,499,810 | |
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